EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Stožice - Saturday 10 June 2017 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Slovenia Group F - Matchday 6 Malta Last updated 13/10/2017 17:52CET

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Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 8 Legend 10

1 Slovenia - Malta Saturday 10 June 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana

Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 11/11/2016 QR (GS) Malta - Slovenia 0-1 Ta' Qali Verbič 47

UEFA EURO 2004 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Mifsud 90+1; Zahovič 30/04/2003 PR (GS) Malta - Slovenia 1-3 Ta' Qali 15, Šiljak 36, 57 Debono 37 (og), Šiljak 07/09/2002 PR (GS) Slovenia - Malta 3-0 Ljubljana 59, Cimirotič 90

Final Qualifying Total tournament

Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Total Slovenia 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 5 4 1 0 8 1 Malta 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 - - - - 5 0 1 4 1 8

2 Slovenia - Malta Saturday 10 June 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana Squad list

Slovenia Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Jan Koprivec 15/07/1988 28 Anorthosis - 0 0 0 0 - Jan Oblak 07/01/1993 24 Atlético - 5 0 0 0 - Grega Sorčan 05/03/1996 21 Gorica - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Bojan Jokić 17/05/1986 31 Ufa * 4 0 0 0 - Matija Širok 31/05/1991 26 Domžale - 0 0 0 0 New England - Antonio Delamea-Mlinar 10/06/1991 26 - 0 0 0 0 Revolution - Nejc Skubic 13/06/1989 27 Konyaspor - 2 0 0 0 - Miha Mevlja 12/06/1990 26 Rostov - 2 0 0 0 - Luka Krajnc 19/09/1994 22 Frosinone - 0 0 0 0 - Miha Blažič 08/05/1993 24 Domžale - 0 0 0 0 - Gregor Sikošek 12/02/1994 23 Koper - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - René Krhin 21/05/1990 27 Granada * 5 1 0 0 - Nik Omladič 21/08/1989 27 Braunschweig - 3 0 0 0 - Josip Iličić 29/01/1988 29 Fiorentina - 5 0 0 0 - Jasmin Kurtič 01/01/1989 28 Atalanta - 4 0 0 0 - Matej Palčič 21/06/1993 23 Maribor - 0 0 0 0 - Miha Zajc 01/07/1994 22 Empoli - 0 0 0 0 - Benjamin Verbič 27/11/1993 23 København - 5 1 0 0 - Žan Majer 25/07/1992 24 Domžale - 0 0 0 0 - Rajko Rotman 19/03/1989 28 Kayserispor - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Milivoje Novakovič 18/05/1979 38 Maribor - 3 0 0 0 - Roman Bezjak 21/02/1989 28 Rijeka * 4 0 0 0 - Robert Berić 17/06/1991 25 St-Étienne - 2 0 0 0 Coach - Srečko Katanec 16/07/1963 53 - 5 0 0 0

3 Slovenia - Malta Saturday 10 June 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana

Malta Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Andrew Hogg 02/03/1985 32 Hibernians * 5 0 0 0 - Henry Bonello 13/10/1988 28 Valletta - 0 0 0 0 - Steve Sultana 07/09/1990 26 Xewkija - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Alex Muscat 14/12/1984 32 Sliema - 1 0 0 0 - Ryan Camilleri 22/05/1988 29 Valletta * 4 0 0 0 - Andrei Agius 12/08/1986 30 Hibernians - 4 0 0 0 - Steve Borg 15/05/1988 29 Valletta * 4 0 0 0 Dover - Samuel Magri 30/03/1994 23 - 2 0 0 0 Athletic - Myles Beerman 13/03/1999 18 Rangers - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Clayton Failla 08/01/1986 31 Hibernians - 0 0 0 0 - Ryan Fenech 20/04/1986 31 Balzan - 0 0 0 0 - Joseph Zerafa 31/05/1988 29 Birkirkara * 4 0 0 0 - Bjorn Kristensen 05/04/1993 24 Hibernians - 3 0 0 0 - Zach Muscat 22/08/1993 23 Arezzo * 4 0 0 0 - Johan Bezzina 30/05/1994 23 Hibernians - 0 0 0 0 - Luke Gambin 16/03/1993 24 Luton - 3 0 0 0 Forwards - Michael Mifsud 17/04/1981 36 Valletta - 4 0 0 0 - André Schembri 27/05/1986 31 Boavista - 5 0 0 0 - Stephen Pisani 07/08/1992 24 Floriana - 1 0 0 0 - Alfred Effiong 29/11/1984 32 Balzan * 3 1 0 0 Luxol St - Dale Camilleri 17/10/1992 24 - 0 0 0 0 Andrews Coach - Pietro Ghedin 21/11/1952 64 - 5 0 0 0

4 Slovenia - Malta Saturday 10 June 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana Head coach Srečko Katanec Date of birth: 16 July 1963 Nationality: Slovenian Playing career: NK Olimpija Ljubljana, GNK Dinamo Zagreb, FK Partizan, VfB Stuttgart, UC Sampdoria Coaching career: Slovenia Under-21s, ND Gorica, Slovenia (twice), Olympiacos FC, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Arab Emirates • A centre-back or defensive midfielder, Katanec began his playing days at home-town club Olimpija before spells with Dinamo and Partizan. He reached the 1989 UEFA Cup final with Stuttgart and won the same competition the following season with Sampdoria, whom he also helped to the 1992 UEFA Champions League showpiece. • Earned 31 caps for Yugoslavia (five goals) – including at the 1984 UEFA European Championship, the 1984 Olympic Games and the 1990 FIFA World Cup – and five for Slovenia (one goal). • Started his coaching career with Slovenia's U21s in 1996, two years after retiring as a player. After a brief stint in the Gorica dugout, took charge of the senior Slovenia side in 1998 and guided them to UEFA EURO 2000 – their first major tournament – and the 2002 World Cup. • Joined Olympiacos in 2002 but stayed for only three months and in February 2006 assumed the FYROM helm, where he remained for three years. Named United Arab Emirates coach in June 2009, a position he held for two years. • Katanec was reappointed by Slovenia in January 2013, signing a contract until the end of UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying, and stayed on despite the failure to reach France after a play-off defeat by Ukraine. Pietro Ghedin Date of birth: 21 November 1952 Nationality: Italian Playing career: ACF Fiorentina, SS Lazio, AC Venezia, Calcio Catania, Pescara Calcio, AC Pistoiese, AC Siena Coaching career: Italy Under-18, Malta U21, Malta (twice), Italy (assistant), Italy women • Defender Ghedin played in Serie A with Fiorentina and Lazio, joining the latter immediately after the capital side had won their first-ever Scudetto in 1974 and remaining at the Stadio Olimpico until 1981. He played out his career in the lower divisions. • Ghedin became an Italian Football Federation (FIGC) coach in 1987, leading the country's U18s and becoming senior national team scout ahead of the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. • He served as the Azzurri goalkeeping coach for the Olympic Games of 1992 and 1996. Additionally, while still under contract with the FIGC, he also coached the Malta national side at both U21 and senior level between 1992 and 1995. • Appointed assistant to Italy coach Cesare Maldini during the 1998 World Cup, Ghedin remained in that role under Dino Zoff at UEFA EURO 2000 and Giovanni Trapattoni at the 2002 World Cup. • Ghedin became Italy's senior women's coach in 2005, guiding them to the UEFA Women's EURO 2009 quarter- finals, before leaving in 2012 to return to the Malta helm.

5 Slovenia - Malta Saturday 10 June 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana Match officials

Referee Lee Evans (WAL) Assistant referees Philip Thomas (WAL) , Daniel Beckett (WAL) Fourth official Iwan Arwel Griffith (WAL) FIFA Match Commissioner Romano Clavedetscher (SUI) Referee observer Nicolae Grigorescu (ROU)

Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Lee Evans 13/10/1975 2 51

FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 02/08/2007 UEL 1QR Hibernians FC FK Vojvodina 0-2 Ta' Qali 13/07/2010 UCL 2QR Birkirkara FC MŠK Žilina 1-0 Ta' Qali

6 Slovenia - Malta Saturday 10 June 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana Competition facts

The Week of Football concept enables fans around the world to enjoy the very best action from the European Qualifiers – which will determine UEFA's representatives at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup comprises nine groups of six teams, with matches played on a home-and- away basis. Qualifying takes place under the 'Week of Football' concept, introduced ahead of the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying campaign, in which games are spread out from Thursday to Tuesday, shining the spotlight on more teams on the road to the finals in Russia. Moreover, thanks to the Week of Football, at least 43% of matches will be played on weekends, giving fans a better chance to follow the action on television, in the stadiums and on UEFA.com. Kick-off times will be set mainly at 18:00CET and 20:45CET on Saturdays and Sundays and at 20:45CET for Thursdays, Fridays, Mondays and Tuesdays. In double-header matchweeks, sides will play on Thursday/Sunday, Friday/Monday or Saturday/Tuesday. Each day of the Week of Football will feature eight to ten games. The nine group winners will qualify directly for the final tournament. The eight best runners-up will contest play-offs to decide the last four qualifiers for the finals. The 13 qualifiers then join hosts Russia in the finals to make it 14 UEFA member associations represented. How qualification works The other confederations have the following qualifying berths: Africa: 5 Asia: 4.5 North and Central America and Caribbean: 3.5 Oceania: 0.5 South America: 4.5

7 Slovenia - Malta Saturday 10 June 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana Match-by-match lineups Slovenia

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group F Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts England 5 4 1 0 8 0 13 Slovakia 5 3 0 2 10 3 9 Slovenia 5 2 2 1 4 3 8 Scotland 5 2 1 2 7 8 7 Lithuania 5 1 2 2 5 9 5 Malta 5 0 0 5 2 13 0

Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Lithuania 2-2 Slovenia Goals: 1-0 Černych 32, 2-0 Slivka 34, 2-1 Krhin 77, 2-2 Cesar 90+3 Slovenia: Oblak, Skubic, Samardžić, Cesar, Krhin, Berić (46 Iličić), Birsa, Jokić, Bezjak, Kampl, Verbič (56 Novakovič) Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Slovenia 1-0 Slovakia Goals: 1-0 Kronaveter 74 Slovenia: Oblak, Samardžić, Cesar, Krhin, Iličić, Kurtič (72 Kronaveter), Birsa (68 Novakovič), Jokić, Bezjak (91 M. Mevlja), Verbič, Aljaž Struna Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Slovenia 0-0 England Slovenia: Oblak, Samardžić, Cesar (68 M. Mevlja), Krhin (84 Omladič), Iličić, Kurtič, Birsa (59 Kronaveter), Jokić, Bezjak, Verbič, Aljaž Struna Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Malta 0-1 Slovenia Goals: 0-1 Verbič 47 Slovenia: Oblak, Skubic, Samardžić, Cesar, Krhin, Iličić, Kurtič, Birsa (71 Omladič), Novakovič (83 Šporar), Trajkovski (63 Jovič), Verbič Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Scotland 1-0 Slovenia Goals: 1-0 C. Martin 88 Slovenia: Oblak, Samardžić, Cesar, Krhin, Iličić, Kurtič, Birsa (69 Berić), Jokić, Bezjak (58 Verbič), Kampl (87 Omladič), Aljaž Struna Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Slovenia-Malta Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Slovakia-Slovenia Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Slovenia-Lithuania Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) England-Slovenia Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Slovenia-Scotland Malta

8 Slovenia - Malta Saturday 10 June 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Malta 1-5 Scotland Goals: 0-1 Snodgrass 10, 1-1 Effiong 14, 1-2 C. Martin 53, 1-3 Snodgrass 61 (P) , 1-4 S. Fletcher 78, 1-5 Snodgrass 85 Malta: Hogg, Caruana, J. Zerafa, Sciberras, Agius, P. Fenech, Gambin, Schembri (66 Briffa), S. Borg, Scicluna (79 R. Camilleri), Effiong (89 Mifsud) Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) England 2-0 Malta Goals: 1-0 Sturridge 29, 2-0 Alli 38 Malta: Hogg, Sciberras, Agius, S. Borg, P. Fenech, Schembri (86 R. Muscat), R. Camilleri, Kristensen, Effiong (76 Mifsud), Z. Muscat, A. Muscat Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Lithuania 2-0 Malta Goals: 1-0 Černych 76, 2-0 Novikovas 84 (P) Malta: Hogg, Caruana, J. Zerafa, Sciberras, Agius, S. Borg, P. Fenech (85 S. Pisani), Mifsud, Schembri (83 R. Muscat), Kristensen (80 Effiong), Z. Muscat Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Malta 0-1 Slovenia Goals: 0-1 Verbič 47 Malta: Hogg, Magri, J. Zerafa, Sciberras, Agius, Mifsud (77 J.P. Farrugia), Gambin, R. Muscat, Schembri, R. Camilleri (68 S. Borg), Z. Muscat Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Malta 1-3 Slovakia Goals: 0-1 Weiss 2, 1-1 J.P. Farrugia 14, 1-2 Greguš 41, 1-3 Nemec 84 Malta: Hogg, Magri, Sciberras, P. Fenech, Schembri (91 Montebello), Gambin (73 Kristensen), J.P. Farrugia, R. Camilleri (81 Baldacchino), J. Zerafa, Z. Muscat, Attard Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Slovenia-Malta Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Malta-England Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Scotland-Malta Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) Malta-Lithuania Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Slovakia-Malta

9 Slovenia - Malta Saturday 10 June 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana Legend Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Other abbreviations (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties No.: Number og: Own goal ag: Match decided on away goals P: Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result ET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goal GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coin GF: Goals for W: Won gg: Match decided by golden goal Y: Booked L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) Nat.: Nationality N/A: Not applicable Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended Overall: Total appearances in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament only Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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